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Apple iPhone 6S Mobile Phone
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Huawei P Smart 2018 Mobile Phone
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Android 8.0Android 7.0Android 5.1
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz2.36 GHz1.9 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU coresDual-core8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelApple A9Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
GPU modelPowerVR GT7600ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760
RAM memory2 GB3 GB3 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size4.7 in5.65 in5.2 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1334 x 750 px1080 x 2160 px1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
IPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density326.0 ppi427.0 ppi424.0 ppi518.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coating
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Dual screen supportnono
N/A
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyesyes
N/A
N/A
HDRno
N/A
N/A
N/A
3D supportyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
3D touchyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Multi touchyes
N/A
N/A
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f
N/A
N/A
1.9 f
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
Automatic
N/A
Video recordingyesyes
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)240.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps120.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
N/A
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
N/A
Burst Modeyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyesyes
N/A
N/A
Panoramayes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Slow-Moyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2
N/A
F/1.9
N/A
Light sourceRetina Flash
N/A
Display flash
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
32 GB32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernoyes
N/A
no
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB256GB
N/A

Design

Colour of product
  • Space grey
  • Rose gold
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Gray
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
N/A
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Steel
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnono
N/A
N/A
Shock resistantnonoyes
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.44 in5.91 in5.75 in6.03 in
Width2.64 in2.84 in2.81 in3.0 in
Depth0.28 in0.29 in0.31 in0.3 in
Weight5.04 oz5.04 oz5.61 oz6.03 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnoyesyesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIM
DLNA certifiednono
N/A
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
N/A
Bluetooth version4.24.24.24.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
N/A
SBCSBC
NFCyesyesyes
N/A
Charging connectionLightningUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Video outputManufacturer specificNoNoMHL
USB version
N/A
2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesno
N/A
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
USB Type-C
N/A

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
N/A
N/A
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • DC-HSDPA
  • EDGE
  • EV-DO
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
  • TD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
HSPA+
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
N/A
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
GLONASS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
N/A
2G GSMyesyes
N/A
N/A
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyes
N/A
N/A
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
CDMA frequences
  • 800 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
N/A
N/A
4G LTEyesyes
N/A
N/A
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
Google CastMiracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynono
N/A
N/A
Battery typeLithium Polymer
N/A
N/A
Lithium Polymer
Battery capacity1715.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time240.0 h
N/A
N/A
336.0 h
Talk time14.0 h
N/A
16.0 h21.0 h
Fast chargingnoyes
N/A
N/A
Wireless charging nono
N/A
N/A
Fast charging standard
N/A
Huawei SuperCharge
N/A
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

Often compared with Apple iPhone 6S

Often compared with Huawei P Smart 2018

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Often compared with Samsung Galaxy Note 5